Allie woke up 8AM
    Graduation day.
    Got into a car,
    And crashed along the way.
    
    When we arrived late to the wake,
    Stole the urn while they
    Looked away,
    And drove to the beach
    'Cause I knew you'd want it
    That way.
    
    And you were standing
    On the hood of the car
    Singing out loud
    When the sun came up.
    
    And I know I wasn't right,
    But it felt so good.
    And your mother didn't mind,
    Like I thought she would.
    And that REM song was playing
    In my mind.
    And three and a half minutes
    Felt like a lifetime
    
    It felt like a lifetime
    
    And you move like water
    I could drown in you.
    And I fell so deep once,
    Till you pulled me through
    
    You would tell me
    "No one is allowed to be so proud
    They never reach out
    When they're giving up."
    
    And I know I wasn't right,
    But it felt so good.
    And your mother didn't mind,
    Like I thought she would.
    And that REM song was playing
    In my mind.
    And three and a half minutes
    Felt like a lifetime
    
    Are you sitting in the lights?
    Or combing your hair again,
    And talking in rhymes?
    Are you sitting in the lights?
    
    When I got home, heard the phone,
    Your parents had arrived.
    And your dad set his jaw
    Your mom just smiled and sighed.
    
    But they left soon
    And I went to my room.
    Played that disc that you'd given me,
    And I shut my eyes
    Swear I could hear the sea.
    
    When we were standing
    On the hood of your car
    Singing out loud when the sun came up.
    
    And I know I wasn't right,
    But it felt so good.
    And your mother didn't mind,
    Like I thought she would.
    And that REM song was playing
    In my mind.
    And three and a half minutes,
    Three and a half minutes,
    
    Felt like a lifetime.